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I’m a full time student taking 15 credits. I’m enrolled in an economics class and have not yet purchased the 300 dollar book. The teacher speaks a different language and writes gibberish on the board. I am the only white person in the class. If I drop out it will severely hurt me financially because i’ll go below 12 credits. Should I just go and fail the class and then retake it? I have talked to my advisor and he said he doesn’t know and I have called, emailed and gone to the academic advisement center but they keep telling me to talk to my advisor.

I don’t want to be a bum.

Feb 27 2014 2:25PM

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Feb 27 2014 2:27PM

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MilaKunis

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What Econ class? I might be able to help you get the book.

Feb 27 2014 2:31PM

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qazwsxedc34

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Intro to econ. was taking it as a social behavioral gen ed.

Feb 27 2014 2:34PM

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MilaKunis

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Author and title?

Feb 27 2014 2:36PM

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qazwsxedc34

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Do you mean like a practicum class?? I’m confused.

Feb 27 2014 2:37PM

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It’s 230 bucks at campus store.

ESSEN OF ECON WITH CONNECT PLUS

Author SCHILLER
Edition 0
Published Date NA
ISBN 9780077473082
Publisher MCG

Feb 27 2014 2:39PM

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.Hugo.

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Why would you go through half a semester without getting the book?

Ask someone in your class if they wanna share the book. If not, get the book used or rent it. Read the damn book. Take notes in class and pay attention.

Don't just give up. Sometimes you actually have to put in a little bit of an effort.

Feb 27 2014 2:39PM

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qazwsxedc34

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I wish I could take notes, she writes in latin. I just found a website where you can rent books. So I think I’m set.

Feb 27 2014 2:41PM

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Davy.Crockett

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you could probably torrent an e text version

Feb 27 2014 3:00PM

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.Hugo.

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doubt it

Feb 27 2014 3:00PM

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lIllI

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Lower division Economics requires little more than a pulse to do well in. Download a digital copy of the book somewhere.

p.s. using ∑ and ∆ occasionally ≠ "writing in latin"

Feb 27 2014 3:13PM

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Olimar

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Well i would hope so considering those are greek letters.

Feb 27 2014 3:18PM

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KravtZ

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Absolutely worth every penny for the text book. DONT ruin your GPA over being a little cheap. The text book is probably where your teacher gets the test materials from. If you cant understand your teacher textbook is the next best option. And dont drop it. You will regret it when you have to take a summer course or load up with 18 for one semester. Suck it up and study extra hard.

I found the lower level economics courses were harder than the upper levels. The upper had harder math, but were ten times more interesting and people who were there wanted to be there. Suck it up buddy semester is almost over anyways another 2 months.

Feb 27 2014 3:18PM

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No, but I can’t understand her nor her writing. For example she spelt Time as Tim i and she spelt opportunity cost as opportune. co. with a period after the e. and co. I will take a language course in Portuguese and then I will take her class over again and only her class. Then I will complain.

Feb 27 2014 3:52PM

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Besides I was forced to become a doctor by my parents who are also doctors. My family loves doctors so I love doctors. Horay!

Feb 27 2014 3:55PM

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yangumane

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So you have a Portuguese teacher who speaks in Latin and writes Greek on the board?

Feb 27 2014 3:56PM

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Heart

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Pirate the book.

Feb 27 2014 3:57PM

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I’m going to rent the book for 50 bucks. I’m just so far behind in this class but I’ll try to get back on track. Thanks.

Feb 27 2014 3:57PM

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lIllI

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Feb 27 2014 3:58PM

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No, I have a Portuguese teacher who speaks heavy Portuguese and writes a mixture of Portuguese and english with lots of periods in between words. For example,

Olá, class e. sou um goo. professor. Eu trabalho em uma college.. um ge. good salário.

Feb 27 2014 4:02PM

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.Ben

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Khan academy helped me get a good grade in my organic chemistry class. They have a section on economics too. You should still get the text book but this stuff has been really helpful for me in the past.

https://www.khanacademy.org/library

Feb 27 2014 4:12PM

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El_Barto.

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so you already a doctor?

Feb 27 2014 4:16PM

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skier_boy26

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Sounds like you'll be a shitty doctor if you can't even do an econ class

Feb 27 2014 9:49PM

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Piste.Off

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You could skim the wikipedia page on economics and easily pass econ 100. Also, your school's library probably has a text on reserve you can rent out for free.
If you you really can't understand your prof at all, why wait until half way through the semester to do anything about it? You're in college now op, its time to learn how to use your resources.

Feb 27 2014 9:58PM

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.MASSHOLE.

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Come on dude, you have so many different options. Use Khan Academy, rent the book, get a personal tutor, see if she has an extra copy, or even if the library has one! Dont sit and bitch about a book being too expensive if you havent explored all the options.

Feb 27 2014 10:01PM

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-benedetto

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I'm in macro-economics currently and my teacher has a heavy accent as well. It's a part of life. Try using ratemyprofessor.com next time. I picked this teacher despite the stupid comments about his accent because he gives out a review sheet that mimics the test exactly. Whatever either way, suck it up. I saw someone already suggest this but I was also going to say check out the library. My school's library either carries it or will get it for people. Good luck grasshopper

Feb 27 2014 10:11PM

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-benedetto

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And this.

In your future, there are going to be a lot of let downs if you can't even do this introduction class.

Feb 27 2014 10:16PM

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BmashedMedia

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drop out

Feb 27 2014 10:40PM

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DGski

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Feb 27 2014 10:44PM

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TOAST.

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I found the book for $75. NEVER use the campus book store unless its a book unique to the university. Also international editions are the bees knees, 20$ for a 200$ book.

Feb 27 2014 10:47PM

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Lucas

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I fucking died reading this. Best of luck man.

Feb 27 2014 10:56PM

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ESAND

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I've downloaded all my textbooks as pdfs and I could have paid for them. $300 bucks is ridiculous. Just use some google-fu. Fuck I have the complete 5 bajillion pages of Mankiew's literary masturabation if that would help.

Feb 27 2014 11:03PM

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Mar 1 2014 4:31PM

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Emma_Watson

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study harder you bum

Mar 1 2014 4:53PM

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mrbillgates

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>This Semester

>Drop Intro to Econ

>Add Intermediate Portuguese

>Learn Intermediate Portuguese

>Obtain 15 Credits

>Next Semester

>Add Intro to Econ

>Speak Portuguese to teacher

>Invite her on date

>Proceed to wine and dine

>Bang Teacher

>Get A+

>Fulfill Gen-Ed requirement

>???

>Profit

Mar 1 2014 7:46PM

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goat00

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"well, you got nothin to worry about. cuz i dont go to college. dick"

Mar 1 2014 8:15PM

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i have rented books through chegg before. fairly priced and they have a lot of titles.

Mar 1 2014 10:38PM

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ESAND

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Oh OP, btw, just to make sure my previous post wasn't full of shit I downloaded your text book. If you post naked pics of your sister (18+) or mom (>7) I will consider passing it to you via pm.

Mar 1 2014 10:57PM

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chicken

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does she seriously speak a different language? do you go to an english-speaking university? if it did not specifically say on your course syllabus you will at least get to drop the course with no academic penalty. I would not accept anything but that and a full refund.

if it says on the course syllabus that it was going to be taught in a different language, then it's a different story, and I would have no sympathy for you.

Mar 1 2014 11:49PM

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chicken

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yup.

also stealing textbooks & buying international editions will help bring the price down. The publishers don't print prices on the books because they will sell them for as high as the market can handle. If more people in a class steal/get get international editions, then the university bookstores end up sending back a lot more books than the publishers expected. If this happens at enough schools, then they will sell the exact same books for cheaper the next year.

Mar 2 2014 12:07AM

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act.resist

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OP is this your first semester or something? Books are expensive, get used to it.

Mar 2 2014 8:30AM

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louie.mirags

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Don't take the "F". If anything drop the class so it's not on your transcript. If you have financial aid though you might be fucked...

Mar 2 2014 9:17AM

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The book comes with ConnectPlus, and in my classes, hw is assigned online. A new textbook comes with an individual ConnectPlus code. Then again if its not hw she is assigning and ConnectPlus is optional use, then rent. Also, you said you cant drop because it would put you under 12 (parttime) but isnt an intro to econ 3 credits? Meaning youll be at exactly 12, still full time?

If you fail, retake it the nxt semester , pass, and that grade will replace the failing grade. Thats what they do in my college not sure if its the same with you.

Mar 2 2014 10:28AM

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